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- Dictionarycontagion/kənˈteɪdʒ(ə)n/
noun
- 1. the communication of disease from one person or organism to another by close contact: "the rooms held no risk of contagion"
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CONTAGION definition: 1. the situation in which a disease is spread by touching someone or something: 2. the situation…. Learn more.
1. a. : a contagious disease. b. : the transmission of a disease by direct or indirect contact. c. : a disease-producing agent (such as a virus) 2. a. : poison. b. : contagious influence, quality, or nature. c. : corrupting influence or contact. 3. a. : rapid communication of an influence (such as a doctrine or emotional state) b.
noun the communication of disease by direct or indirect contact. a disease so communicated. the medium by which a contagious disease is transmitted. harmful or undesirable contact or influence. the ready transmission or spread as of an idea or emotion from person to person: a contagion of fear. contagion / kənˈteɪdʒən /
CONTAGION meaning: 1. the situation in which a disease is spread by touching someone or something: 2. the situation…. Learn more.
Contagion is the spreading of a particular disease by someone touching another person who is already affected by the disease. I'm a blood donor; I can't risk any contagion.
n. 1. (Pathology) the transmission of disease from one person to another by direct or indirect contact. 2. (Pathology) a contagious disease. 3. (Pathology) another name for contagium. 4. a corrupting or harmful influence that tends to spread; pollutant.
Have you ever noticed how when one person yawns, the people around him tend to do so as well? This phenomenon can be described as a contagion, the spreading of an emotional or mental state (in this case, fatigue).